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Doulch who is at once Minister of Com
mcrcc and Minister of Mines and Tele
graphs, in whom the Shah rcposcs som,
confidence. The Sani-cd-Douleh, OF
Minister of Public Printing, is also {
functuary who is often closetcd with th,
Shah, as he is public censor and homi
ual editor of tho Official journals. 1t i.
snid nothing goes into these periodical.
without first passing under tho oyo o
the Shah. But rs they appear only
monthly, and cover but four pages il
| largo type, the task OF editing is more
apparent than real.
The Sani-Cd-Doulch also assists tic
| Shah in editing his journals Of travels,
and preparing them for the press The
| most recent work OF this description is
the account OF the Shuh's excursion to
Ncschcd in 1882, III which the loyal
author gives some of his own conclusions
concerning the antiquities along the
route he followed. Tho work is illus.
tratcd with lithographic Illustrations
made from photographs. These works,
rs well as the official gazottes, are print
Cd 10y ithography. This may seem n
somewhat laborious and unnecessary
process at the present age; for the cast
ing OF Arabic characters, which the
PCrsiuns use, has been often done, and
several volumes have been ,,intnd IN
India in the Persian lnup,ingc from
metal types. But the Pcrsiuns VIII,
their exquisite aesthetic GocIinr. cannot
become habituatcd to tvpc ny,nt;ng oe
it is less soft, flowing and nryihlo tbnn
the written character. Hence the nrcfnr-
cncc for lithography, which approx
matcly gives them the delicate touches
OF the caligraphic art. 4 skiIlful scribe
wItos out each page as it is TO nppcar in
the printed copy. This is Dhotopraphc1
on stono with prepared surface.
AS one may readily supposr thn fact.
in these official periodicals arc often in
inverse ratio to the norid lnpnuooo nn6
supcrtuity OF high SOUNDING titlos and
phrases, very Ike Falstafi's pcnnvworth
OF bread to an iutolcrablc deal of sork
The correspondence from the provinces
is annually summed up in some such
phrase Us this, for example: "rho rood
people of TabrceZ arc in usuul hno,th
praise be to God, and arc saving thcir
prayers with pious regularity"
But the Shnhs government olso ON.
ploys the columns of the official iournols
to suggest its relations with the powers
and test the quality of their Influence nj
the court of Persia. Sometimes if Lns
had occasion to regret its tcrmcyity. An
article oncc appeared which, alluIino to
the position Of one Of the rival Euroncon
powers in Asia, spoke Blightinglv of that
power, and especially OF the decay of lis
influence in the East The Ignorance of
Oricntuls regarding foreigners would
cause such paper, cmanating from
Official sources 10 produce n most in.
furious effect in that quarter, and the
editor of the official journal Was there
lore constrained to publish a rctrnction
in the subsequent issue Of the Gazette
which ludicrously contradictcd the state,
mcnts previously made.
During my last winter in Persia nm
article appeared in the same periodical
giving II biographical account OF the then
hresidcut-clcct Cleveland, with his Dor
trait. This article was inspired by an
European paper, and consequently con
talnCd several items which were either
false or SO expressed rs to convey an
impression qualified TO injuriously affect
Our prestige among such people as the
Pcrsians, and | was soon informed that
such was indeed the result.
Ii has always been my opinion that n
United States representative abroad
should uphold the honor and credit of
his country and countrymcn no less than
their commercial interests, which are
thereby assisted. Therefore, although
fully aware that probably one of the first
official acts of the new administration
would be to call on me to give up the
legation had just established in that
Iar-awny country, | did not allow this
fact to affect my conduct in what con
sidercd 10 be my duty in this case. [
lmmc liatelJ and respectfully represented
the facts to the Minister of Foreign
Atiairs, who promised full satisfaction.
The delay which followed caused me to
urge the matter again, feeling that posi-
bly, there was some conccnled intention
iii the publication of the offensive article,
suggested perhaps by one of the lega-